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Drum Majors
2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #6)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #6 (Thursday, 26 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 2.0 2423 FM Bodek, Michael H 3.0 2389 ½-½ 2 IM Harmon-Vellotti, Luke 3.5 2412 GM Troff, Kayden W 3.0 2494 0-1 3…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #5)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #5 (Tuesday, 24 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 NM Larson, Matthew W 1.0 2160 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 2.0 2423 1-0 2 FM Shen, Arthur 0.5 2331 NM Colas, Joshua 2.0 2247 1-0 3 IM…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #4)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #4 (Monday, 23 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 1.5 2423 GM Troff, Kayden W 2.5 2494 ½-½ 2 FM Bodek, Michael H 1.5 2389 FM Williams, Justus D 1.5 2278 ½-½…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #3)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #3 (Sunday, 22 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 NM Colas, Joshua 1.0 2247 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 1.0 2423 ½-½ 2 NM Larson, Matthew W 0.0 2160 IM Xiong, Jeffery 2.0 2437 ½-½ 3 FM…
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FIDE Election Rumble in “Gabon-Gate”
BREAKING NEWS! Gabon made headlines at The Chess Drum after being involved in a “zero tolerance” controversy involving the late Jean-Pierre Moulain Ayombo at the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden. Moulain was on 8.5/10 when he was accused of not being present at the board against a winless player from the…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #2)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #2 (Saturday, 21 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 0.0 2423 FM Williams, Justus D 1.0 2278 1-0 2 GM Troff, Kayden W 1.0 2494 IM Sevian, Samuel 0.0 2442 1-0 3…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #1)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #1 (Friday, 20 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 IM Xiong, Jeffrey 0.0 2437 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 0.0 2423 1-0 2 NM Colas, Joshua 0.0 2247 IM Harmon-Vellotti, Luke 0.0 2412 1-0 3 NM Larson,…
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Drum Majors
Williams gets 2nd IM norm
FM Justus WilliamsLast year, Justus Williams earned his first FIDE title after losing out on tiebreaks to FM Akshat Chandra at the North American Youth Chess Championship (NAYCC). Williams earned the FM title and returned this to the NAYCC year with the intent of completing his goal of earning the…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (St. Louis, USA)
According to a press release of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, the U.S. Junior Closed will commence on June 19th. The tournament will feature most of the top players under-21 and all will be competing for a spot in the 2015 U.S. Championship. GM Kayden Troff…
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2014 Olympiad drawing near!
The Tromso Olympiad is drawing near and 181 teams are expected to assemble on the grandest stage for chess. About a month ago there was a lot of speculation that the event was in danger, but the Olympiad organizing committee got a timely allotment of 12 million krones. The record…
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